4X LAN games. Favorites?

example: Master of Orion 2.

But that was quite complicated and it annoyed me.

ermm you mean lan games? that needed more than 5 ppls or such?
ermm 2 games
DotA
and HoN

since when did DotA become a 4x game?

aside from fan favorite Civ series, I'd go with galactic civilization
and

ALPHA CENTAURI

I DOT GET 4X LAN
any more example?
Im asking what 4xlan is
is it multiple games that you play on lan?
answer
pls

eXplore
eXpand
eXploit
eXterminate

four ways to win the game, its a strategy game. you either win by killing everybody else, researching the ultimate tech in a tech tree, be the richest faction in the game or be de-facto leader of the world

Sins of a solar empire, I think it was a 4X.